Chapter 307: Bright Stars
At six o'clock in the evening, the sun sets in the west.
The south of the city does not have the cold wind and drizzle of the east, but only the lazy afterglow of the sunset.
Upon learning that Su Xia had brought back more than a dozen orphans, the two brothers Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu stopped what they were doing and walked out of the pharmacy.
On the old street outside the store, the children got off the bus one by one and looked at everything here with curiosity and nervousness.
Two children were so tired that they fell asleep in the warm carriage. They were woken up by their companions and got off the bus.
"Are these the children?" Su Jianshe already knew about the tragedy that occurred in the east of the city.
"It's them." Su Xia replied.
"This accident has a lot to do with me."
Su Jianshe felt very guilty because Wang Hong was his subordinate, but he knew nothing about what had happened.
If Su Xia hadn't discovered it, he would still be kept in the dark.
"How did Wang Hong get that position?" Su Xia asked him.
"I owed someone a favor before, and then in order to repay the favor, I brought this person up..."
There was nothing to hide, Su Jianshe answered truthfully that Wang Hong had indeed gotten promoted through connections and had very little real talent or knowledge.
This city is made up of a huge network of relationships. Even someone like Su Jianshe is not immune to it and is just a small node on the network.
Even he himself had relied on his connections and owed many favors before he gradually reached his current position.
"I will pay for the growth expenses of these children." Su Jianshe decided to take due responsibility, "I will make sure that the construction of the school is completed as soon as possible."
"good."
"in addition……"
Su Jianshe paused, as if he had thought of something, looked in the direction of the school in the distance, and said, "I might be able to take over the two plots of land around the school."
"Are you serious?" Su Xia looked at him.
“Well, the owner of those two plots of land has some connections with me, so I can get them at a low price.”
"Then there is Mr. Laosu."
“It should be.”
If we can take over the two surrounding plots of land, the scale of the school can be further expanded, which will bring many benefits to future development.
Because of what happened today, Su Jianshe gave the highest priority to the construction of the school, and all the construction resources in the entire city were supplied here first.
After the expansion, the school’s internal functional buildings such as classrooms, staff dormitories, student dormitories, canteen, playground, gymnasium, etc. can all be met.
In the past, there was not enough land, so we only planned to build classrooms and dormitories.
When classes officially start in the future, Su Xia will probably have the title of "Principal".
Afterwards, he found the restaurant's owner, Mr. Zhao, and discussed the issue of future canteen contracting.
Boss Zhao's eyes lit up, his face flushed, and he laughed and said, "No problem, leave the cafeteria to me. No matter how many students there are, it's no problem!"
"Well, funding is not a problem. Many children are malnourished. I hope Boss Zhao can plan their daily diet reasonably."
"rest assured!"
Boss Zhao patted his chest and promised: "Master Su, don't worry. I will go to a specialized child nutritionist for advice tomorrow and make sure these children are well fed and plump!"
"good."
Over the years, the meals for the pharmacy have always been supplied by Boss Zhao. The quality and taste of the meals are good, so Su Xia thought of him first.
It is always more reassuring to ask someone you know to do things for you than to ask a stranger.
"Boss Zhao, are there enough rooms upstairs in the restaurant?" Su Xia asked.
"this……"
Boss Zhao looked at the dozen or so skinny children and felt a little worried.
There were only two rooms left upstairs in the restaurant, excluding those for him, his employees, and the three Su Xia brothers.
After he told her the truth, Su Xia thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. Just turn it into a temporary dormitory. These children just need a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It doesn't need to be too good."
Afterwards, Su Xia found Su Jianshe and asked him for six bunk beds for employees.
There were many such beds in Su Jianshe's construction site warehouse, so he agreed immediately and asked his men to drive to the warehouse to deliver the beds.
Around seven o'clock in the evening, all the things Su Xia needed temporarily arrived.
Everyone worked together to clean up two rooms, placing three bunk beds in each room to accommodate the six children temporarily.
The beds were warm and comfortable, the room was elegantly decorated, and there was 24-hour heating. The children had never enjoyed such treatment before.
Although it was a temporary room, it was much better than the tin house they lived in in the slums.
There are many low tin houses in the slums. They are dirty and rusty on the outside, and the windows are just ordinary plastic sheets.
In winter, the cold wind blows in, and in summer, the sun shines directly on the room, with the temperature exceeding 40 or 50 degrees. It is hard to imagine how ordinary people live in it .
“Woo woo…”
A little girl was wiping her tears, but they still kept falling, splashing white water on the clean ground.
Lan Bafu touched her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Dad, Mom...I wonder if they...can they live in such a nice house in heaven?"
"Yes, definitely."
Lan Bafu nodded seriously.
He can actually be considered a materialist, but at times like this, he is willing to say things against his will.
After cleaning up everything, everyone returned to the first floor and started dinner for the day.
Boss Zhao prepared this dinner with great care.
If you don’t eat enough for a long time and then suddenly eat too much and too well, it will cause gastrointestinal problems.
Boss Zhao has made many improvements to the meals for these children, trying to use less oil and salt, so that they are delicate enough and can fill them up.
During the meal, Su Jianshe mentioned the matter of Four Seasons Rice: "That Wang Yongqiang seems to be targeting Master Su."
"Well, he and I have always been hostile."
"Master Su, do you want me to delay his project?"
"No need to do that." Su Xia shook her head. "We still have to make the money we should make. Wang Yongqiang is willing to give us the money, so Mr. Su should just accept it."
"Master Su is courageous!"
Su Jianshe took a sip of tea and praised sincerely.
Now everyone knows that Wang Yongqiang built the school just to compete with Su Xia.
But Su Xia was not afraid at all. Even though the other party had a fifth-level pharmacist, he never showed any intention of backing down. He would not even try to trip him up in secret. Everything he did was out in the open.
Su Jianshe asked himself, if he were in his place, he would probably try every possible means to delay Wang Yongqiang's project.
Su Xia's ambition and confidence are unmatched by ordinary people.
At the same time, Su Jianshe had the same doubts as Chai An - after being in contact with Su Xia for a long time, he always felt that someone like Su Xia was unlikely to betray his teacher.
There must be some hidden story behind this, it is not as simple as advertised.
Su Jianshe would not make things difficult for himself, so he did not ask proactively.
After dinner, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening.
The street lights on both sides of the street had already been turned on, and the employees of the construction team had all gone home. Without the deafening construction sounds, only scaffolding, wooden springboards and other construction materials remained. This old street became much quieter.
"Kids, go wash up and have some rest."
All day today, fatigue and pain have been plaguing these children, like a demon that cannot be shaken off.
Letting them have a good sleep might help alleviate the problem.
Su Xia returned to the pharmacy and sorted out the draft textbooks she had written during this period.
During this period, he sent nanorobots to the Zero Point Tavern and received good news - Fan Lu and others had not left yet.
In the midnight tavern, Yi Yi told Su Xia's nanorobot everything: "Fan Lu's private actions led to the fight between him and Moser. This fight almost caused the relationship between the tavern and the mechanical race to get out of control. Now is the critical moment of the negotiation. The headquarters is very dissatisfied with him and asked him to stop all personal actions."
[Given Fan Lu's personality, would he listen to what the headquarters said? ]
Su Xia controlled the nanorobots to form a line of words like this.
Fan Lu is an arrogant and proud man, and one of the rare level five creatures on this planet. The contract he signed with the tavern must be different from that of ordinary members.
Even in a tavern, there weren't many restrictions on him.
"He really won't listen, he's just cooperating on the surface." Yi Yi explained: "He has been collecting information all day today and has compiled the information about your appearance in the southern city. He is applying to the headquarters for action."
[The news that I am in the south? It's just hearsay, it's all fake]
Ever since Dad's team left Coral City, news of masked monsters began to appear in several cities in the south.
Some people claimed to have seen the metal mask, others took blurry photos, and a surveillance camera at the entrance of a restaurant even captured a video.
But the person in the video was moving too fast and was wearing a black robe and a metal mask, so it was impossible to be sure whether it was the masked man himself.
Su Xia knew that it was his father who was covering for him to make it easier for him to do things in Coral City.
In fact, in addition to Dad's team, there are other people pretending to be the masked monster.
After all, the bounty on the name of Masked Stranger has reached the sky, and a large bounty can be obtained as long as useful information is provided.
"Last night and this morning, the city defense forces of Seahorse City in the south caught two teams pretending to be you. They were all trying to defraud money." Yi Yi shared the latest news he had received.
Some people pretend, some people take pictures, and almost a complete industrial chain has been formed.
During this period of time, millions of dollars in bounties were collected by people who provided information.
With the interference of Dad's team, there are more and more news about the masked monster in the south, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.
[Will Fan Lu's action application be approved? ]
"I guess so. It should be soon."
【Notify me when the time comes】
"Mask, are you sure you can kill him?"
【90% sure】
"Then I'm relieved." Yi Yi exhaled, "After getting rid of him, remember to come back and wake up Ah Mo and Shen Yu."
He knew Su Xia a little bit, and what Su Xia said about "90% certainty" was almost equivalent to absolute certainty.
As long as Fan Lu leaves the city, he will surely die.
Yi Yi returned to the bar, picked up the cocktail shaker, and was about to pour himself a glass when he suddenly felt something was wrong with the weight: "Strange, why is there less alcohol in it?"
During this period, it seemed that someone had been secretly drinking his wine.
He had checked the surveillance footage a long time ago, but the footage was normal, as if the wine had disappeared silently.
It's not just that strange.
Recently, many documents in the underground database have shown signs of being browsed, but there is no borrowing record in the system.
Even if Fan Lu and others want to check the information, they must abide by the tavern procedures. It is impossible not to make any records at all.
"Mask, are you hiding somewhere in the tavern?" Yi Yi suddenly thought of this and asked.
[It's not me, it's another guest]
"What?"
[You will see it later, now is not the time]
"So mysterious?"
【Um】
Su Xia knew very well that the strange problems in the tavern were probably caused by the Zerg Queen.
Yi Yi still doesn't know that there is such an uninvited guest living in his tavern.
After getting Su Xia's reminder, Yi Yi felt much more at ease.
Judging from what Su Xia said, the mysterious guest should be a friend rather than an enemy, at least not now.
After a while, Yuan Hua took the elevator up from underground, walked to the bar and said, "Boss Yi, give me a stronger drink."
"good!"
Yi Yi turned around, took out a bottle of strong liquor from the wine cabinet behind him, and began to mix it.
Yuan Hua looked around, then lowered his voice and asked, "Boss Yi, tell me the truth, do you have any connection with the mask?"
"No." Yi Yi shook his head woodenly.
"Really?"
"When have I, Yi Yi, ever lied to anyone?"
"Well... okay then..."
Yuan Hua lowered his head and sighed, then continued, "I heard that the mask appeared in the southern city. Now there are people everywhere hunting him. I don't know if he can hold on."
"Who told you that?" Yi Yi asked.
"Fanlu."
"Oh, he just said that on purpose to break through your mental defenses. Don't take his words seriously."
Yi Yi filled a glass of drink, placed it on the bar, and pushed it to Yuan Hua.
The two were chatting when a cold snort suddenly came from the passage behind them.
Fan Lu and several team members took another elevator to the basement level. As soon as they walked out of the elevator, they heard Yi Yi's words.
"Yi Yi, you have studied in the Coral City branch for so many years, and that's all you learned how to make cocktails?" Fan Lu looked at Yi Yi coldly.
"Minister Fan, you have studied at the headquarters for so many years, and all you have learned is to get beaten?"
Yi Yi was not afraid at all and responded calmly.
His words were quite sharp, directly mentioning Fan Lu's disastrous defeat against Moser.
Everyone was watching at the time, in full view of everyone... Before Moser could even use any strength, Fan Lu fell down.
Inside the tavern, no one dared to mention this matter to Fan Lu's face, for fear of bringing bad luck. Yi Yi was the first to bring it up.
As expected, Fan Lu's face darkened and he said coldly : "Stay in the tavern and don't let me see you walk out of the tavern!"
As long as Yi Yi dared to leave the tavern, he would take action. This was an undisguised threat.
Inside the tavern, Fan Lu didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
Last time, he had made an exception when he attacked Chang Yu underground, but because of his special status, he was able to suppress the matter temporarily.
Hearing this threat, Yi Yi remained calm, shook the cocktail shaker, and said calmly: "I see, it's not bad to stay in the tavern all the time. After all, there is food and drink here... Minister Fan, are you going out?"
"snort!"
Fan Lu didn't answer, turned around and led his men away.
Behind him, the others were carrying a black equipment box, apparently they were going on a long journey.
Obviously, the headquarters approved their application for action.
There was no need for Yi Yi to remind her, Su Xia had already seen it all through the nanorobots.
"bite--"
Fan Lu and his group took the elevator to the first floor.
Their car had already parked at the door of the tavern, and they were planning to drive to the southern Seahorse City to take a look.
After walking out of the gate, one of them looked up at the night sky, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Tonight is starry, it's a good day to travel, we may gain a lot from this trip."
